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Birdland · 03-22-2003, 01:06 AM

Alatáriël - Bluebonnets! I had scads of them growing at my old house, and regret not thinking to transplant some to my new place.

Tulips are busting out all over, and I smile to think that such hardy, reliable bulbs used to be sold for a king's ransom back in the 18th century.

Hostas are starting to peep out of the ground, and I wonder if the woody groves of the Shire would have been a suitable place for hostas, or if they were reserved for the forest floor of wild Mirkwood.

I spent a fortune on an array of Allium giganteum bulbs, and am scanning the ground for signs of them. I could picture them as a suitable subject for a Pauline Baynes cover illustration of The Hobbit.

Thanks to all that expressed concerns for my old dog. She is doing much better, and has taken up her duties of alerting me to invasions of Ring Wraiths in the guise of postal employees. (But she still can't negotiate stairs.)

03-22-2003, 01:06 AM	#18
Birdland Ghastly Neekerbreeker Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the banks of the mighty Scioto Posts: 1,751	Alatáriël - Bluebonnets! I had scads of them growing at my old house, and regret not thinking to transplant some to my new place. Tulips are busting out all over, and I smile to think that such hardy, reliable bulbs used to be sold for a king's ransom back in the 18th century. Hostas are starting to peep out of the ground, and I wonder if the woody groves of the Shire would have been a suitable place for hostas, or if they were reserved for the forest floor of wild Mirkwood. I spent a fortune on an array of Allium giganteum bulbs, and am scanning the ground for signs of them. I could picture them as a suitable subject for a Pauline Baynes cover illustration of The Hobbit. Thanks to all that expressed concerns for my old dog. She is doing much better, and has taken up her duties of alerting me to invasions of Ring Wraiths in the guise of postal employees. (But she still can't negotiate stairs.)